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Wicker is used in the swinging bail handle to provide insulation against the heat. <br><br><b>Use</b><br>The 'lamp' (burner) would be filled with spirit and lit to provide a small amount of heat to keep the contents of the kettle hot.  The kettle and lamp-stand are attached to a salver, which would have protected the surface on which the set stood. The set may have been placed on a small table drawn up to a larger table.<br><br><b>Ornament</b><br>This set is a bold example of the exuberance of the early Rococo decorative style, which still displays elements of the sculptural movement of the Baroque period. The marine theme dominates both the sculptural and the chased decoration.  The stand is made up of three mermen, and the handle is formed of mermaids, while the spout is formed of a triton, blowing a conch horn. Each side of the kettle depicts the story of the sea deities Neptune and Amphitrite, the lamp-stand is decorated with marine creatures, and the engraved armorials on the salver are flanked by further depictions of marine gods and goddesses.","physicalDescription":"From a tea kettle, stand and burner set","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Kandler, Charles","id":"A8566"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"Charles Kandler is believed to have come from Dresden and may be the brother of Johann Joachim Kändler (June 15, 1706 – May 18, 1775) who worked as the most important modeller of the Meissen porcelain manufactury. from 1731 until his death in 1775. Charles Kandler registered his first mark in London in 1727 was his address was at the sign of the Mitre in St Martin's Lane. By 1732 he was recorded in Jermyn Street.\n\nAs a Catholic he supplied sacred silver for the private family chapels of the Petre family at Thorndon Hall, Essex and the 8th Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle (including an ormolu tabernacle now in Arundel Cathedral. Charles Kandler's most spectacular creation, made to a design by the engraver and antiquary George Vertue and incorporating models by the sculptor, John Michael Rysbrack, the 1735-6 Jernegan wine cooler, is in the State Hermitage, St Petersburg although an electrotype is shown in the V&amp;A's Whiteley Silver Galleries.  In 1735 it was described as 'the finest piece of plate in all Europe both for size and workmanship'. A pair of silver-gilt salvers made to mark the marriage of William Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland to Henrietta Finch, fifth daughter of Daniel Finch, 6th Earl of Winchelsea are in the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, cast, chased and engraved, with basketware handle","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AL6944","2006AL6945","2006AL6075","2006BE7075","2017JU4094","2018KV2681"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"53B (VA)","id":"THES49256"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"12"},{"current":{"text":"53B (VA)","id":"THES49256"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"12"},{"current":{"text":"53B (VA)","id":"THES49256"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"12"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Kettle","id":""}],[{"text":"Stand","id":""}],[{"text":"Salver","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1730-1732","earliest":"1725-01-01","latest":"1734-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"33.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"22.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"14121.3","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"whole","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by LM\n\nneed to check dimensions. 18/9/00 RK","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Engraved with the arms and crest of Alleyne and those of Littleton Pointz Meynell","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Made in the London workshop of Charles Kandler (active 1727-1750)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Tea kettle and stand","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hernmarck, Art of the European Silversmith, pl.314"}],"production":"Probably 1730-1732","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThe kettle is completely covered with vigorously modelled sculptural decoration, transforming a utilitarian object into a spectacular display piece. Charles Kandler made the kettle just as the Rococo style was emerging in Britain. He followed a marine theme throughout, using motifs such as shells and shellfish that fascinated later Rococo designers.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["M.49:1-1939","M.49:2-1939","M.49:3-1939"],"accessionNumberNum":"49","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1939,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Kettle","Stand","Salver"],"assets":["2019LM5815","2019LN0707","2019LN1176","2019LN1395","2019LR0107","2019LP5700","2019LP3071","2019LP2602","2019LR5221","2019LU7682","2019LU4328","2019LV5672"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-08","recordCreationDate":"1999-04-23","availableToBook":false}}